Mission Impossible
Guernica . The Battle for the Interpretation of Picasso’s Work during the Cold War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21791466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Javier Ortiz-Echagüe (0000-0003-2471-0560, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 204-225 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Art In Translation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1756-1310 • E-ISSN: 2380-5722 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17561310.2022.2096347 |
| OpenAlex | W4291364857 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
During the Cold War Picasso’s Guernica was on loan at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Throughout this period, its interpretation was the subject of much debate. The museum was interested in situating the painting within its own narrative of twentieth-century art history, while, at the same time, the painting functioned as an icon in contemporary political struggles in the form of reproductions and pictorial versions. This article reviews some of these contradictory positions towards Picasso’s work during this intense “battle for the interpretation”
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Art history · Battle · Cold war · Icon · Literature · Narrative · Painting · PICASSO · Political science · Politics · Visual arts · Art History and Market Analysis · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Photographic and Visual Arts
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |